2015 County Championship
The 2015 County Championship season, known as the LV= County Championship for sponsorship reasons, was the 116th cricket County Championship season. It was contested through two divisions: Division One and Division Two. Each team played all the others in their division both home and away.
Teams
Division One
Team promoted from Division Two| Team | Primary home ground | Other grounds | Coach | Captain | Overseas player |
| Durham | Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street | — |  Jon Lewis | Paul Collingwood |  John Hastings |
| Hampshire | The Rose Bowl, Southampton | — |  Dale Benkenstein | Jimmy Adams James Vince | Jackson Bird Ryan McLaren |
| Middlesex | Lord's, London | Merchant Taylors' School Ground, Northwood Uxbridge Cricket Club Ground, Uxbridge | Richard Scott | Adam Voges  James Franklin | Adam Voges Joe Burns |
| Nottinghamshire | Trent Bridge, Nottingham | — | Mick Newell | Chris Read | Vernon Philander Ben Hilfenhaus |
| Somerset | County Ground, Taunton | — | Matthew Maynard | Marcus Trescothick |  Abdur Rehman |
| Sussex | County Ground, Hove | Arundel Castle Cricket Club Ground, Arundel Cricket Field Road Ground, Horsham | Mark Robinson |  Ed Joyce | Steve Magoffin |
| Warwickshire | Edgbaston, Birmingham | — |  Dougie Brown | Varun Chopra | Jeetan Patel |
| Worcestershire | County Ground, New Road, Worcester | — | Steve Rhodes | Daryl Mitchell |  Sachithra Senanayake Colin Munro Saeed Ajmal |
| Yorkshire | Headingley, Leeds | North Marine Road Ground, Scarborough | Jason Gillespie | Andrew Gale |  Cheteshwar Pujara Glenn Maxwell Aaron Finch |
Division Two
Team relegated from Division One| Team | Primary home ground | Other grounds | Coach | Captain | Overseas player |
| Derbyshire | County Ground, Derby | Queen's Park, Chesterfield | Graeme Welch | Wayne Madsen | Martin Guptill Hashim Amla Tillakaratne Dilshan |
| Essex | County Ground, Chelmsford | Castle Park Cricket Ground, Colchester | Paul Grayson | James Foster | Jesse Ryder |
| Glamorgan | SWALEC Stadium, Cardiff | Penrhyn Avenue, Rhos-on-Sea St Helen's, Swansea |  Toby Radford | Jacques Rudolph | Jacques Rudolph |
| Gloucestershire | County Ground, Bristol | College Ground, Cheltenham | Richard Dawson |  Geraint Jones | Peter Handscomb Michael Klinger |
| Kent | St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury | Kent County Cricket Ground, Beckenham Nevill Ground, Tunbridge Wells |  Jimmy Adams | Robert Key | — |
| Lancashire | Old Trafford, Manchester | Trafalgar Road Ground, Southport | Ashley Giles | Glen Chapple | Peter Siddle James Faulkner |
| Leicestershire | Grace Road, Leicester | — | Andrew McDonald | Mark Cosgrove | Clint McKay |
| Northamptonshire | County Ground, Northampton | — | David Ripley | Alex Wakely | Rory Kleinveldt |
| Surrey | The Oval, London | Woodbridge Road, Guildford | Graham Ford | Gareth Batty | Kumar Sangakkara |
Standings
Teams receive 16 points for a win, 8 for a tie and 5 for a draw. Bonus points may be scored during the first 110 overs of each team's first innings.Division One
- Yorkshire were Champions of Division One with a record points total and record wins. Sussex and Worcestershire were relegated to County Championship Division Two.
- Middlesex were deducted 1 point for slow-over rate.
Division Two
- Surrey were County Championship Division Two Champions and are promoted to County Championship Division One alongside Lancashire, who finished in 2nd place.
- Derbyshire deducted 1 point for slow-over rate, Northamptonshire deducted 2 points for slow-over rate, Leicestershire deducted 16 points by ECB Disciplinary panel.
Results summary